Under a judge’s tentative ruling, the Oracle women are poised to lose the class-action status they earlier won that gave them powerful leverage in a five-year court fight with their employer.
Google, Facebook and Microsoft are some of the world’s biggest supporters of clean energy. That’s not stopping the data center giants from pushing back on a huge wind and solar project.
Google is selling the service through its cloud division, which is trying to lure clients with tools for managing energy usage and reducing emissions. Early tests on Google’s data centers improved the value of wind energy by 20 percent.
Google’s critics have argued that providing cloud tools to oil-and-gas firms contradicts the company’s zero-carbon goals.
Google will offer Assured Open Source Software, the open source software it has vetted and uses internally, to enable enterprises to gain the benefits of OSS that has been verified as secure.
Move comes as data volumes explode, driving demand for cloud services.
By increasing internet speeds, Togo also hopes to attract new businesses, such as data centers, and help grow the country’s startup industry.